Storms in North Dakota in 2002

874 events in 335 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Dakota in 2002, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

North Dakota in 2002 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 874
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 7
Damage: $2.2 million
Episodes: 335

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Injuries	Damage
Hail	416	1	$194,000
Thunderstorm Wind	169	6	$3,000
Winter Storm	99	0
High Wind	92	0	$30,000
Flash Flood	53	0	$866,000
Tornado	18	0	$768,000
Lightning	9	0	$90,000
Heavy Snow	6	0
Flood	6	0
Wildfire	3	0	$250,000
Funnel Cloud	3	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2002

Heavy Snow in North Dakota, January 28, 20023 events

February 2002

March 2002

April 2002

May 2002

June 2002

July 2002

August 2002

September 2002

October 2002

Heavy Snow in North Dakota, October 20, 20022 events

November 2002

December 2002

Every year in North Dakota Every state in 2002 Tornadoes in North Dakota in 2002 Warnings in North Dakota in 2002 2001 2003

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.